GI Meds
This medication is given BEFORE breakfast.
What is pantoprazole (protonix)?
What is False?
Rationale: Chronic Kidney Disease is divided into 5 stages based on GFR. Some patients choose conservative treatment such as diet, fluid and electrolyte management, and hypertensive management.
This procedure is utilized to examine the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, and jejunum using oral barium.
What is a barium swallow?
The nurse should... after not auscultating gurgles in the abdomen after NG insertion
What is obtain an order for a xray?
What is call the charge nurse?
This lab is elevated when impaired liver function is present, and it cannot metabolize this protein.
Nursing measures you should consider when administering calcium carbonate to your patient.
What is
-Do not administer with milk
-Monitor S+S of hypercalcemia
-Give an hour before H2 blockers
This medication should be held prior to administration of contrast.
What is avoid NSAIDS?
Education for your patient following a barium swallow.
What is you may have white stools following the procedure? (Increase fluids)
Enteral feeding measures.
-What is label the enteral bags with words such as ALERT
-What is trace all tubes and lines to origin of connection
-What is verify solution label
-What is rotate IV lines towards the head; enteric lines toward the feet.
Chronic Kidney disease patients must be placed on cardiac monitoring in the presence of....
What are electrolyte imbalances?
This medication adheres to an ulcer surface and forms a protective barrier.
What is sucralfate?
What are ACE inhibitors?
A patient is going for a paracentesis. The nurse measures ascites following the proceudre at this location.
What is the around the patients abdomen at the iliac crest?
Type of suction to hook up to NG tube.
Chvostek and Trousseau sign
What is hypocalcemia?
This med is given to block the production of receptors on H2 gastric parietal cells.
What is famotidine?
The nurse would question the use of this class of antibiotics in a patient with a GFR of 15.
What are aminoglycosides? (vancomycin, gentamicin, tobramicin, amikacin, cisplatin)
Blood test that may need to be drawn prior to a percutaneous liver biopsy.
What is a complete blood count (CBC)? A needle is inserted into the liver to obtain a small tissue sample. Patients with liver disease are prone to bleeding.
A patient is returning from a surgical procedure with no complications. The doctor has given verbal orders for a liquid diet.
What is assess swallow and gag reflex before administering anything by mouth.
Concern for Elevated BUN, but regular creatinine levels.
What is Kayexalate, veltassa, or lokelma?
Page 713 ch 37.
Education following a colonoscopy. True or false. Blood may also be present in the stool if a biopsy specimen was taken.
What is true?
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A 54-year-old patient with a history of cirrhosis is admitted after vomiting large amounts of bright red blood. Vital signs show BP 88/54 mmHg and HR 124 bpm. The provider suspects bleeding esophageal varices. The nurse prepares to administer IV octreotide and insert two large-bore IV lines while keeping suction equipment at the bedside. The primary RN is getting ready to insert an NG tube and suction the patient. What should you do.
page 661. ch 35
What is a fecal occult blood test?